While Brad Pitt may have thought daughter Shilohโs predisposition to wear boysโ clothes and be called John was โcuteโ when she was a toddler, heโs struggling to accept her choices now sheโs 12 โ and itโs a major source of tension between him and his ex, Angelina Jolie.
Womanโs Day has seen top-secret documents via a source close to the warring couple pertaining to their custody battle for their six kids, and it paints a disturbing picture.
While the three eldest children, Maddox, 17, Pax, 15, and Zahara, 14, are allowed to choose to live with Angelina Jolie, and the couple are peacefully sharing custody of 10-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox, itโs young Shiloh whoโs truly caught in the crossfire.
โThe older kids donโt want to see Brad โ itโs an opinion theyโve repeated several times, and heโs accepted thatโs probably never going to change, especially with Maddox.โ
WATCH: Angelina Jolie opens up about the health of her family. Post continuesโฆ
โThe twins are too young to understand, but Shilohโs having trouble coming to terms with it all,โ spills our insider, who Womanโs Day cannot name for legal reasons.
โSheโs the one who wants to repair her relationship with Bradโฆ but Angelina worries heโs going to cause real damage because he struggles to accept and understand her desire to dress like a boy.โ
โShilohโs still getting professional help as she deals with how sheโs growing up amid her parentsโ divorce. Poor Shilohโs very sensitive, and loves her dad dearly.โ
The source adds, โBrad has always struggled to accept Shiloh. He looks a bit hippie and quirky at times, but donโt forget he was raised in an ultra-conservative Baptist family in the American Midwest, and some of those values and beliefs have stuck with him.โ
Another insider tells Womanโs Day it could be Bradโs refusal to accept Shilohโs wardrobe choices that turned Charlize Theron off pursuing a relationship with him after their fling.
โIf he mentioned those views to her, sheโd have run for the hills,โ says our source.
โShe believes in nothing but unconditional love for children, and if Brad has an issue with Shiloh, Charlize would find it unacceptable in a romantic partner.โ